Comments on: Construction Project Silence Puts Safety at Risk

By: soapstone

soapstone — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:07:24 +0000

great tips. I enjoyed reading this

By: David Green

David Green — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:55:16 +0000

In New South Wales (where the President of the US is currently! (6 Aug 7), for US readers), there is an obligation on everyone at a workplace to promote safety. When the new Act came out I recall training as to the obligation to report to the site controller any safety risks. (check Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 No 40 at http://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au).
Now, on a lighter note, I was reading a story to my pre-school son recently where an illustration showed an excavation in sand over a person’s head! The person in question was a pirate, but nevertheless I said to my son that the excavation should have been benched, or raked to the angle of repose of the material (I didn’t say that of course, but used terms that would make sense to him: part of early training for an engineering carreer??)

By: Diana Hutchinson

Diana Hutchinson — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:33:49 +0000

Thanks for the reminder to speak up when we see something we know is risky or not right. Too often it’s easy to “drive on by” a situation rather than risk a possibly uncomfortable confrontation. Often the results can be surprisingly positive — if we can choose our words to communicate helpful concern rather than criticism.